- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Yearling; 1 edition (Dec 22 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0440422094
- ISBN-13: 978-0440422099
- Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 2 x 19.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #634,270 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Starred review, Publisher's Weekly, June 9, 2008:
“References to significant historical events add authenticity and depth, while Addie's frank, expertly modulated voice delivers an emotional wallop.”
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“References to significant historical events add authenticity and depth, while Addie's frank, expertly modulated voice delivers an emotional wallop.”
From the Hardcover edition.
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IN KUCKACHOO, MISSISSIPPI, 1963, Addie Ann Pickett worships her brother Elias and follows in his footsteps by attending the black junior high school. But when her careless act leads to her brother’s disappearance and possible murder, Addie Ann, Mama, and Uncle Bump struggle with not knowing if he’s dead or alive. Then a good deed meant to unite Kuckachoo sets off a chain of explosive events. Addie Ann knows Old Man Adams left his land to the white and black people to plant a garden and reap its bounty together, but the mayor denies it. On garden picking day, Addie Ann’s family is sorely tested. Through tragedy, she finds the voice to lead a civil rights march all her own, and maybe change the future for her people.
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A Powerful Story Everyone Should Read, July 1 2008
By The Well-Read Child "http://wellreadchild.blo... - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Thousand Never Evers (Hardcover)
If there's one book you, your children, and your students should read this summer, it's Shana Burg's debut novel, A Thousand Never Evers.Set in Kuckachoo, Mississippi in 1963, A Thousand Never Evers is historical fiction told from the point of view of the 12-year-old African American girl, Addie Ann Pickett. Kuckachoo is a town separated by color--"the white side" and "the colored side." Racism runs deep, and the town sheriff may be the biggest racist of them all. When Addie Ann makes fun of a white lady's hat, her brother disappears. On top of not knowing whether or not her brother is alive, an incident with the town garden leaves Addie Ann's Uncle Bump on trial, and Addie Ann must find the courage to save him.
Even though Addie Ann's story is fiction, the novel is interwoven with real incidents, tragedies, and figures from the Civil Rights Movement: the deaths of Medgar Evers and Emmitt Till, the church bombing that killed the four little girls, the struggle for the vote, the ridiculous tests African Americans were required to pass before they could register to vote, the terrorism of the Ku Klux Klan, the downright racism African Americans faced every single day, and more.
Through Shana Burg's powerful and emotional writing, you can feel the fear, the injustice, and even the hope that countless many experienced during this dark time in our country's history.
A Thousand Never Evers is also a coming of age story. We see Addie Ann grow from a girl who didn't really think much about "the movement," to one who matures and fights passionately for justice. Without being "preachy," the book sends the message about the importance of standing up for yourself and those around you, preserving your self worth, having the courage to fight for the truth regardless of how frightening the consequences may be, and not judging people based on their outward appearance.
I give this book my highest recommendation and predict that this will be a front runner for the Newbery Medal.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rewarding and powerful, Jun 16 2008
By Aaron - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Thousand Never Evers (Hardcover)
A Thousand Never Evers tells a story of changes that took place in the Deep South with the end of Jim Crow segregation and the rise of the Civil Rights Movement. What's most amazing is that it's from the viewpoint of a 12-year-old girl and how she sees the everyday injustice that's forced upon her and her family, and how she grows over the course of the book to fight for her family and herself. It combines the details of history in a very different time and place with a suspenseful plot. Although I bought it for my 11-year-old daughter, I couldn't put it down. This book is very important, and kids should read it, and they'll enjoy it. And my daughter loved it too!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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Making Social Justice Accessible to a New Generation, Jun 29 2008
By Alon Tal - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: A Thousand Never Evers (Hardcover)
Every so often a book comes along that takes an important historical chapter in history and renews it, using fiction as a vehicle to bring the period alive. There have been sundry books written about the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S., but Shana Burg's new book breathes fresh air into the period. Her characters are marvelous, truly unforgetable and her prose resonates throughout. Perhaps most important, for a new generation of American youth, whose context for social justice is so different from what existed less than a century ago, this book will be a wake up call, offering both an index of how far we've come and a sense of what needs to be done. Of course it is much more than a just wonderful book for young adults -- it's a terrific read for anyone. In short: A Thousand Never Evers is not only a great story. It's an important one too.
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